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Gavin Williamson keeps education secretary role

Gavin Williamson is to stay on as education secretary following a post-Brexit ministerial reshuffle. However, it’s not known whether…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Northern Powerhouse Partnership director tells education ministers they’ve ‘run out of time’

The director of George Osborne’s Northern Powerhouse Partnership has called for skills policy to be fully devolved from Whitehall,…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Williamson announces plan to scrap 5,000 qualifications – but will anybody notice?

A consultation on plans to remove funding for more than 5,000 legacy qualifications at level three and below has…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ministerial ‘gap’ at the DfE needs to be resolved soon, says Tory MP

A Conservative MP has called for the “gap” at the Department of Education for a dedicated apprenticeships and skills…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Ofsted grade 3 forces mega-college to appeal not to be kicked off the T-levels roll-out

A college is bidding to stay on the T-level programme and prevent another cold spot from opening up after…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Sixth form college staff to strike against 16-19 funding cuts in lead up to the budget

“Angry” sixth form college staff will hit the picket line tomorrow as they step up their protest against government…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


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Could free travel drive the sector to new heights?

As the Manchester mayor’s flagship policy for students enters its second term, JL Dutaut asks if it’s one worth…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
JL Dutaut
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College complaint forces Ofsted to reopen grade 4 inspection

Ofsted inspectors will return to a college after the principal questioned the accuracy of serious safeguarding failure claims that…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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Ofsted watch: Two sixth form colleges score top grades

Two sixth form colleges have been declared ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted, with one retaining their top grade after more than…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Minister warns college bosses it could go bust next year

A minister has warned a college that it could go bust next year if learner losses are not reversed…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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Government hands 36 Skills Advisory Panels another £2.7m

Skills advisory panels have been handed another £2.7 million to identify local skills gaps and tackle them, education secretary…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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DfE lobby Treasury with findings that FE can’t survive ‘as is’ without ‘relaxing the financial pressure’

Colleges are providing “good quality” FE despite facing “significant cost pressures” and if the sector is to survive “as…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

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Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform

Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards

Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Politics

Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’

The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund
Colleges, Long read

Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail

More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching

In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Young people

Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden

Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
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Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE

A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen